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More Americans start their online shopping at Amazon than on a search engine. The company’s fantastic growth rate has astounded Wall Street and put down many competitors. The company’s strategy is almost totally customer centric and coherently focused on quickness. Its prices are competitive, so there is little incentive to search elsewhere for
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We are dropping five of six national retailers—meeting their demand has meant too many models at too many price points and too much markup.
Richard Rumelt • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Sanford Stein • Retailing 2020 – 2030: taking a long view
customers worldwide are building relationships with the same megabrands, from Apple, Uniqlo, and Facebook to Nike, IKEA, McDonald's, and many more. The result? A global universalization of taste, sensibility, and customer choice that respects no demographic boundaries and sees customers of all ages from Beijing to Boston having access to—and
... See moreDavid Mattin • Trend-Driven Innovation
In a Harvard Business Review article, Professor William K. Hall reported on a study of eight industries, from steel to beer. The most successful companies were those that best differentiated their product or service.